Meanings
noundegree of freedom (plural degrees of freedom)
plural degrees of freedom
- natural sciencesAny of the coordinates, a minimum number of which are needed to specify the motion of a mechanical system.
- natural sciencesAny of the independent variables required to specify the thermodynamic state of a system containing components and phases.
- mathematicsAny unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Bulgarian сте́пен на свобо́да
- сте́пен на свобо́да (stépen na svobóda)minimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
Chinese Mandarin 自由度
- 自由度 (zìyóudù)minimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
Czech stupeň volnosti, stupeň volnosti
- stupeň volnostiminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
- stupeň volnostimathematics: unrestricted variable
Finnish vapausaste, vapausaste
- vapausasteminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
- vapausasteindependent variable required to specify the thermodynamic state
- vapausastemathematics: unrestricted variable
French degré de liberté
- degré de libertéminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
German Freiheitsgrad
- Freiheitsgradminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
Hungarian szabadsági fok, szabadsági fok
- szabadsági fokminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
- szabadsági fokindependent variable required to specify the thermodynamic state
- szabadsági fokmathematics: unrestricted variable
Indonesian derajat kebebasan
- derajat kebebasanmathematics: unrestricted variable
Italian grado di libertà, grado di libertà
- grado di libertàminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
- grado di libertàindependent variable required to specify the thermodynamic state
- grado di libertàmathematics: unrestricted variable
Japanese 自由度
- 自由度 (jiyūdo)minimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
Polish stopień swobody, stopień swobody
- stopień swobodyminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
- stopień swobodyindependent variable required to specify the thermodynamic state
- stopień swobodymathematics: unrestricted variable
Romanian grad de libertate
- grad de libertateminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
Russian сте́пень свобо́ды, сте́пень свобо́ды
- сте́пень свобо́ды (stépenʹ svobódy)minimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
- сте́пень свобо́ды (stépenʹ svobódy)independent variable required to specify the thermodynamic state
- сте́пень свобо́ды (stépenʹ svobódy)mathematics: unrestricted variable
Swedish frihetsgrad, frihetsgrad
- frihetsgradminimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
- frihetsgradindependent variable required to specify the thermodynamic state
Turkish serbestlik derecesi
- serbestlik derecesimathematics: unrestricted variable
Vietnamese bậc tự do
- bậc tự dominimum number of coordinates usable to describe a mechanical system
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“degree of freedom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degree%20of%20freedom. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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